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pe skill of their producers. Of the fruit, Appias prominent in this class, y. with Madame Marthe, | could have been given, Asit was the gold medal was 
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F especially, it is a question whether gr greater | Antonius, Brilliant, Salamon, &c. won by Mr, J. Pluck, of New St 
Es have not been staged at previous exhibitions The best specimen ido: lowered Chrysanthemum | the k Ag one by Mr. G, Tome gi aid 
(about 1500 dishes were ae on this occasion), but | amongst nurserymen was a very fine plant of the new | Street, Jersey. In the collection from the first-named 
a ion does not enable us say he | George Glenny, soft abri $a yellow, shown by | were many specimens of remarkable size and colour, 
quality, which run of a high order.of merit through- | Messrs. C h&s while in the amateurs’ class | and espec of _— Or Calville, 
gat, was ever better. The Jersey growers were, as | Mr. Douglas was Ist with a Mrs. Rundle, of great Court-pendu Plat, Lemon Pippin, Reinette Doré, 
sual, well to the front, carrying o all the leading | size and grand quality. A large example of our old | Cornish Gilliflower, Reinette du Canada, 
ines , and many for Apples. It w acquaintance, Bob, from Mr. R. Biggs, Lewisham, was | Pippin, and Reinette de Caux, &c, Prominent 
of general comment among the horticul- | the best of the productions in the nurserymen’s class | amongst the other competitors were Mr. G, T, Mi 
Bae areeni, that by having all the classes open | for a single Pompon, while in the corresponding class | Mr. Scott, Merriott; Mr. R. Webb, Culham House, 
wers who desire to compete are obliged | of amateurs Mr. James came in Ist with a first-rate | Reading; Mr. W, Gardiner, aes Park ; Mr, 
at an immense disadvantage with their con- | white Cedo Nulli. The Ist prize stand of twenty-four | Sydney Ford, Leonardslee Mr. Rutland, 
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ive: in the Channel Islands; and as for all the other | cut blooms, contributed by Messrs. W. Cutbush & | Goodwood. There were p Praa aaa with 
hows held during the year the Society is almost en- | Son, contained a very fine lot of blooms, of varieties | six dishes each, and the judges had no little difficulty 
‘rely dent upon the co-operation of the English | before mentioned con d respectively in | in coming to a just conclusion as to which were the 
it is a question of very great importance e this class were Mr. J , South Kensington, and | best. When the prizes were awarded it ound 
il to consider, whether they should n Messrs. T. Jackson & Son, Kingston. As regards the | that Mr. Charles Ross, gr, to C. Eyre, Esq., Welford 
f prizes issued for nex eee varieties shown, the s: ay be said of the amateurs’ | Park, Newbury, was Ist; Mr ik ick, Jersey, 2d 
was to confine the Channel Islands’ growers to com- | class for twelve cut blooms, but there was a muc and Messrs. & ane, ose Mary’s Cray, Kent, 
ion amongst themselves, Certainly it would only Tampa competition e Ist prize was awarded to | 3d. Where all were so good, and there was a g 
doing an act of justice to the class whe accor Mr, E. Smith, gr., "Bristol House, niger: 5 and gan similarity in the varieties E ha k will be useless to 
them the greatest measure of support at the exhibi- | 2d prizes to Mr. j. H. Hinnell, f o F. A. Davis, | say more than that Mr. Ross’ six included Cox’s 
fons. The irritation (if the word may be dew! itt Esq., —— and Mr. J. H. Hillie Orange Pippin, es enna Scarlet Nonpareil, 
circumstances upon The finest dozen blooms of Fadi varieties that | White Nonpareil, Cornish Aromatic, and. Golden 
i but abated by the discovery bý the e e hav i een came from Mr. J. H. Hinnell, | Reinette. Out of twenty-four competitors in the class 
A saprgage procedure on the part of a Jersey oad included magnificent blooms of The Sultan; for three dishes, Mr. Bannister, gr. to H. H, Ames, 
| of a dish of large Apples, ‘sais: icone Auran Red Dragon, Fair Maid of Guernsey, | Esq., Cote House, Westbury-on-Trym, s I 
_ damaged, it is presumed, one of his finest fruits, | Baron p” Brackley, jane Salter, Meg Merrilies, and | with large, clean, and beautifully coloured samples of 
over the difficulty by repairing the specimen | The Daimio. In the miscellaneous class Messrs. | King of the Pippins, Blenheim O , and Ribston 
one place in ‘‘cheese-tasting” fashion, cover- Looe Veitch & Sons contributed a = stand of | Pippin ; followed by Mr. C. Ross with Cox’s Orange 
the ‘‘sore place” over with a piece of Apple ese singular flowers, and a fine n of the | Pippin, Cornish Aromatic, and Blenheim Orange ; 
We do not remember to ‘have come across a me flowered kinds, ont Mr. G. T. Miles, gr. to Lord Carington, with 
asof pomological st of this kind befor e, bu t Amongst miscellaneous subjects must be mentioned the last-nam ed, Ribsto n Pippi n, and men x the 
however clever the practice may be atta idered, it is an interesting and attractive group of stove and green- Pippins, of but sli ightly inferior quality. — 
l certainly deserving of severe condemnat: house plants from Mr. B. S. Williams, a which | now to the classes for six fruits o specially stipulat € 
: included neat examples of various Palms, Ferns, | varieties, we fin m ith Cox's 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS, &C.—It seems ungrateful— | Orchids, Draczenas, and other fine- g plants ; ; a } Orange Pippin, and eee an TT. Fr of y 
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the collective qualities of a large number of group of Tree Carnations from Messrs. . Hender- | examples staged. 
was the case with the Chrysan- n & Son ; a very attractive collection of Cyclamens, Sq», rA contributed the best, and was grai 
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on this occasion—to find fault with the just taitin into full beauty, from Mr. R. Clarke, eae by C. Ross, and Mr. W. Gardiner, gr. 
| t we cannot help calling attention to | Twickenham ; a group of various sized eemi of | to E. P i Esq., ower Eating ark, 
f the bad practice, abundantly shown, of tying | that beautiful columnar shrub, ressus Lawsoniana Stratford on-Avon, in the order nam Of Golden 
tt its, or rather of torturi t in such ridis, terer, Knap were representatives from eighteen 
er as is too largely practised, to ill; a fine and extensive collection of trained Ivies, | growers, and out of these Mr G. B h, gr. to Lady 
slow, The Chrysanthemum is above nd a group o to Ho Bouva from Mr Hume Campbell, Hig rove, Pinner; Mr. F. Rut- 
things a decorative plant—and few other subjects | Turner; an milar group of Bouvardias and land, gr. to the Duke of Richmond, Goodwood ; and 
bi more perfectly to a natural style of ae other E erg including the white Azalea nar- | Mr. . Bannister, were selected for the awards 
training, if only the ripe a for the future speci- ssiflora, from Messrs. Standish & Co. in the order named. That fine flavoured and excel- 
_ hens be properly made at right time, That they os san APPLES.—Prizes were offered for two Queens, lent dessert Apple, egi) does not seem to be so 
; own was well Aak in several instances, | two Smooth Cayennes, and one Pine, any other plentiful as the previously mentioned varieties, only 
and it is to be hoped that these will have had a salu- | variety ; but very few fruit were no | eight being The | of them—and 
effect, and be the means of abating, if not of | Queens, The best Smooth Cayennes were as they were—came from Mr. „Broi 
shing, the practice complained of, es i. and handsome, fraie fom "he Royal | an and Mr. G. T, Miles. Coming to “Pippi 
in the open clask dae twelve large-flowered varieties | Gardens, re, staged by r. Jones. M we get to a popular sort, and count up seventeen 
i imens as the total number of exhibitors—Mr. Rutland, 
the best s me from Mr. James, gr. to W. F. Chambeilain, gry Th arren, Bushey acral henge Mr. R. Webb, and Mr. i Satb, Romioni, Doig 
» Islew ati, followed by Messrs. W. Cut- as 2d with very good examples ; an ~ a EA 
n, 5 ey and Mr. J. Hemmington, gr. o. Ea rl Brownlow, Ashridge, 3d, with small fruits ze winne i e p trm o st i 
q:, Larkbere, Thornton Road, Clap- | composed of yer etoi developed pips. In the | Ston Pippin well er x y priat ry eing 
Ta plants were of medium size, | any other vari cas G. Ward, gr. to T. N. vd errr senpena me s acct ap as fe Pr 
and full af aS in aoa flowers | Miller, Esq., RA Stortford was rst wich a Char- Sanabsan hie: Kaia, Sa aE EvE 
tnd foliage, Specimens of Faust, Empress Eugènie, pie Rothschild, weighing 6$ lb whe kod gael aaa pie pe 
des Plantes, me Halliburton, Tulia ee. GRAPES.—Of this fruit there was a fairly good W 
1 hs eats and Lord D erby, were remarkably good. show, considering the lateness of the binant SThe sep im si a ple, wept ` ni abt saea ts = 
| Be quality of the ien i in Messrs. Cutbush & Son’s | gold medal in the class for a A Collection of not more | ist, Forty waht ee = 
Was also good, but as specimen plants Mr. | than ten kinds, two bunches of each, was won by 4 ies ap a thay “aa a ig 
sll ae able amount of work. A large and vod zu 
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| . Hemmi mington’s wire, we thongs much He ReRe Messrs, H. Lane & Son, of Berkhampst ead, A í 
| e as natural as possible compatible wit up large and Sellent samples of Muscat of Alexan- ange essere 
the use of stakes and matting. ita, p aT Muscat, Mu uscat Ham burgh, a ee! Daw yoy pon > King Bg Pippins, of 
i ? class for six yo productive of an Canin. Trebbiano, Lady Downe’s, Black P sup ce quality, from Mr. C. Haycock, gr R. 
Sxcellent competition, and a capital lot of pl The silver- “i Te! 
plants. | Mrs. Pince’s Black uscat, &c. silver [net t : z ¢ 
j prize w went to Mr. wW "H all, gr. to W. toed al was taken by Mr. Meredith, of Garston, the and Semmiet Nonprel sip rarase pes pas 
; tad k Esq., Springfield, Lower Tulse Hill, who } only other exhibitor, who had good samples of Darrell, k D ain kad se, Uckfield, 3d. 
| remarkably neat ‘and well-flowered group of Madeesfield Cont Black Alicante, Trebbiano, Lady 
fm Specimensof Guernsey Nugget, Lady Hardinge, Downe’s, and others. Of Black Hamburghs or KITCHEN ae as in the above, the 
A Mr. Gladstone, formed a conspicuous feature. | Frankenthals here was only one dish, and that a | quality and numbers were all that could be desired. 
i “no Mr. J. Douglas, gr. to F. Whit- pu r one, nei was there any com competition witl here were ten competito s with en varie ; 
M80, Loxtord Hall, Ilford, came in 2d, a sae ita “Ta the class for’ three of | and the gold medal ` ia 
im ames was 3d. Aurea multiflora, White Venus, orou er black wE Mr. Wildsmith, gr. Ron had very ae in most cases 
f Mrs. of Wales, belonging to Mr. Douglas, and ersley, Heckfield Place, came in examples of all the p S 
i roar ond and Gloria Mundi from Mr. James, were splendid sample of Lady Downe’s, trate in a Beefing, Blenheim = o gm 
4 . The open class for twelve Pompon wn s and ¢ a ae Mr. pni nerman ne A barp dest! S. g ae n tb n 
ums bro mpetitors, of | Bagot, 2 a! ; É > A 
hom Mr, J. Do enp pep pe ocean $ Moctith “3a 34, with Madresfield Coutt; and Mr. ae cori aged Gaa medal was taken by 
Pakay ished group. This grower follows | W. Hall qth, with Black Prince. The best dares | Mr, W. a 3d pri » A 
Stoke in the steps of Mr. Ada Forsyth, late of | bunches of Muscat of Alexa tia came from Messrs. | Mr. J. Gatland, Killerton, both showing co aa" o 
N es his plants well in to secure | H. Lane & Son, followed by Mr, W. Cole, gr. to | no ordinary merit, or six emer unit poy 
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in’ outline ‘od size, but his plants have | J. S, Budgett, Esq., Ealing Park, and Mr, Thomas | was Ist out of twelve competitors 
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ti foliase that all con- | Wattam, Shendish Gardens, Hemel Hempstead—all 
— are hidden, and we so compelled to | being of ood, The last-named exhibitor came in 
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pa vi oer were white, yellow, | sample of Foster's Seedling ; and Mr. Meredith was 2d, 
Saint brown Cedo Null , James Forsyth, St. | with Trebbiano. The heaviest bunch of black Grapes 
Ta S, Bob, My N acter, ana Miss Julia. was one of Barbarossa, very well finished, and weigh- 
FEN Competitors appeared in the amateurs’ class | it ng ót lb., from Mr. Meredith ; and ey Colman, ee 
may he. Ska and the result was a close contest, as very fine ber rries, and weighing 5 Ib. 12 02., came 
head fact that equal Ist prizes were | Mr- Wildsmith. A 4b, bunch of Trebbiano ies 
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Mr, Meredith was the heaviest in 
tg, Citin Cons p > | class for white Grapes. | 
mewhat of a cone shape, but DEss 
in and loosely flowered. Mr. Butcher, 
Esq., The Priory, 
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